diff --git a/lib/classes/PluginManager.js b/lib/classes/PluginManager.js
index 79814b457..134848f80 100644
--- a/lib/classes/PluginManager.js
+++ b/lib/classes/PluginManager.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const BbPromise = require('bluebird');
 const childProcess = require('child_process');
 const resolveFrom = require('resolve-from');
 const _ = require('lodash');
+const writeFileSync = require('../utils/fs/writeFileSync');
 const getCacheFilePath = require('../utils/getCacheFilePath');
 const getServerlessConfigFile = require('../utils/getServerlessConfigFile');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
@@ -312,7 +313,9 @@ class PluginManager {
       .update(JSON.stringify(serverlessConfigFile)).digest('hex');
     cacheFile.validationHash = serverlessConfigFileHash;
     const cacheFilePath = getCacheFilePath(servicePath);
-    this.serverless.utils.writeFileSync(cacheFilePath, cacheFile);
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(cacheFilePath, cacheFile);
+    } catch(e) {} // eslint-disable-line
     return;
   }